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Bill Gates Backs Plan to Surveil the Entire Planet From Space
gizmodo.com ^ | 4/19/2018 | rhett jones

Posted on 04/19/2018 6:41:30 PM PDT by bitt

EarthNow is a new company looking to provide satellite imagery and live video in virtually real-time. Its unsettling pitch describes a network of satellites that can see any corner of the globe and provide live video with a latency of about a second. And a look at the startup’s top investors gives a lot of confidence that this thing is happening.

On Wednesday, EarthNow announced that it will emerge from the Intellectual Ventures ISF Incubator to become a full-scale commercial business. Its first round of investors is comprised of a small group of complimentary powerhouses: AirBus, the SoftBank Group, Bill Gates, and satellite-industry vet Greg Wyler.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Extended News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: airbus; astronomy; billgates; earthnow; elonmusk; falcon9; falconheavy; gregwyler; science; softbankgroup; spacex; surveillance
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To: bitt

This totalitarian probably drools while thinking about this, after all he is a one world government general.


21 posted on 04/19/2018 7:44:04 PM PDT by Retvet (Retvete)
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To: bitt

Ok, you with the camera, which finger am I holding up?


22 posted on 04/19/2018 7:54:45 PM PDT by Huskrrrr
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To: TigersEye; All

All kinds of criminals might find it to be a very useful tool.


Can’t stop it.

Might pretend it does not exist. That will not make it go away.

Better to embrace it and learn to use it.


23 posted on 04/19/2018 7:56:43 PM PDT by marktwain (President Trump and his supporters are the Resistance. His opponents are the Reactionaries.)
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To: marktwain

With the right leadership, the XB-37 can stay in orbit for a year crippling each an every Microsoft satellite.


24 posted on 04/19/2018 8:01:26 PM PDT by Rebelbase ( Zoo + Prison + Circus = Public Shool)
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To: marktwain
With this kind of stuff it always reminds of that scene with Gene Hackman in “Enemy of the State”. He is a former US spy that just wants to be left alone and gets caught up in something.

The CIA is using real-time satellite imaging to try to identify him using all sorts of cool technology, tracking, etc. and it went something like:

Old CIA: “Come on, look up! Look up! Just once!!”
Young CIA: “Just change views to see his face!”
Old CIA: “It's a satellite miles in space! It doesn't work like that!”
Young CIA: “Well what good is it then anyway!?”

25 posted on 04/19/2018 8:13:30 PM PDT by 21twelve
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26 posted on 04/19/2018 8:18:15 PM PDT by UCANSEE2 (Lost my tagline on Flight MH370. Sorry for the inconvenience.)
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To: bitt

Obama already spent $100 billion to observe the earth.


27 posted on 04/19/2018 8:33:09 PM PDT by <1/1,000,000th%
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To: marktwain

“Can’t stop it.”

Sure you can. It’s massive spying. So just make it illegal. Don’t approve the satellites. End of problem. It is bad enough that government already has the capability. No one else should be allowed.


28 posted on 04/19/2018 9:31:19 PM PDT by Revel
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To: bitt

Great, Bill. Let’s dedicate a satellite just to watch your estate.


29 posted on 04/19/2018 9:32:23 PM PDT by GnuThere
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To: bitt

Orwell’s Big Brother was a liberal. Who knew?


30 posted on 04/19/2018 11:43:25 PM PDT by Jack Hammer
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To: bitt

Speaking as a retired firefighter, this would be a fantastic tool for search and rescue as well as wildfire operations.


31 posted on 04/19/2018 11:44:08 PM PDT by Species8472 (It's the only way to be sure)
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To: Don W

Great album.


32 posted on 04/19/2018 11:45:33 PM PDT by Rastus
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To: bitt

Many will be planting more trees and concealing swimming pools and decks. Most vehicles will be grey. Bizarre figures facing upward will be placed in yards.


33 posted on 04/20/2018 12:06:51 AM PDT by familyop ("Welcome to Costco. I love you." - -Costco greeter in the movie, "Idiocracy")
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To: bitt

Don’t worry, most of the users will be focused on backyard female sunbathers and nude beaches.


34 posted on 04/20/2018 2:52:35 AM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now it is your turn ...)
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To: Don W

And don’t forget Alan Parsons’ “Eye in the Sky.”


35 posted on 04/20/2018 6:05:02 AM PDT by Disambiguator (Keepin' it analog.)
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To: Revel
"It is bad enough that government already has the capability. No one else should be allowed."

There is another way to look at this....a capability open to the citizenry breaks the government monopoly on the technology.

To coin a phrase, if we don't do it, the Chinese probably will.

Note that I don't think this is "a good thing", but I don't see our leadership class having the good judgment NOT to implement it.

36 posted on 04/20/2018 9:03:04 AM PDT by Wonder Warthog (The Hog of Steel and NRA Life Member)
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To: Don W

Great song, I quote that one every time one of these stories comes out.


37 posted on 04/20/2018 9:05:44 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: Wonder Warthog; Revel

It cannot be stopped by a vote.

Several governments already have the capacity, and they are not going to give it up.

As I stated, the Russians and the U.S. have had the capacity for decades.

Who is more likely to abuse it, governments or private parties? I suggest governments are more likely to abuse it.

There is no “monopoly” on this technology. There are several competing players who already have the ability.

They are just not allowing the rest of us to use it.

Theoretically, you could install a world government and vote to stop it. But a world government would find such a capability very useful. The odds of eliminating an already existing capability are so close to zero as to look the same.


38 posted on 04/20/2018 12:53:56 PM PDT by marktwain (President Trump and his supporters are the Resistance. His opponents are the Reactionaries.)
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“Who is more likely to abuse it, governments or private parties? I suggest governments are more likely to abuse it.”

When I as a civilian can go on the web and watch your every move outdoors then I would say that is a bigger problem than the government doing it. One example would be for criminals to monitor your movements in order to determine when to rob your house or rape your wife. But there are many more ways in which this would be abused. It gives every citizen the ability to become big brother.


39 posted on 04/20/2018 2:42:01 PM PDT by Revel
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To: Revel

When I as a civilian can go on the web and watch your every move outdoors then I would say that is a bigger problem than the government doing it.


No one, not even governments, hasthat ability yet, at least not from satellites. Satellites have to orbit.

But nearly everyone has the ability to target a specific house with drones, which only cost about a thousand dollars.

The price is dropping fast.


40 posted on 04/20/2018 3:04:59 PM PDT by marktwain (President Trump and his supporters are the Resistance. His opponents are the Reactionaries.)
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